Of all the meals my mom makes, these turkey meatballs are probably the #1 most-requested dinner in our house. They are delicious, super easy to pull together, and freeze like a dream. They are SO freezer-friendly that my mom will make a huge batch and freeze half of it to bring to E’s place so…
Healthy Apple Crisp
It is officially two weeks from Thanksgiving. Cue the annual disbelief that the time of large family gatherings is upon us (where did the year go?!) and realization that we are not in possession of a turkey (might want to get on that). While it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the…
Hunger Action Month: Fiesta Corn Salad
Happy Tuesday, kiddos! Hope you are having a good week. This is the last full week of Hunger Action Month, which means this is the final food pantry-friendly recipe that I am sharing with all of you ( 🙁 ) . While you can alter ingredients in the two soup recipes I shared earlier this month,…
Hunger Action Month: Bean and Pasta Soup
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you are having a great week. We are now halfway through Hunger Action Month (!), which means that I want to share my absolute favorite recipe that I developed for my local food pantry – Bean and Pasta Soup. This soup was my lunchtime staple during my study abroad in…
Hunger Action Month Recipe: Vegetable Soup with Pasta
Happy Tuesday, everyone! How was your Labor Day Weekend? Did you enjoy the last bit of summertime and sunshine? Good, I’m so glad you did! Today, one week into Hunger Action Month, I would like to share my first food pantry-friendly recipe with all of you! This recipe was developed when the director of my local…
Edamame Succotash
One of my favorite things to do when cooking is taking a traditional dish and changing it up a little bit, which is what I did for dinner last night when I needed to come up with a hearty side for my leftover piece of grilled salmon. I had a sad-looking bell pepper, a tomato…
Thai Cabbage Salad
Sometimes as I gaze into my huge (sometimes cluttered) fridge looking for something to eat, I ask myself questions to jump-start my brain to help me figure out what I am going to make to feed my constantly rumbling tummy (anyone else suffer from Stomachus Rumblingous Constantous? Okay, good!). My internal dialogue usually goes like…
Quick Marinated Tomato-Cucumber Salad
I love a good easy summertime side. Because sometimes you just don’t want to deal with mayo/sour cream, long cooking times, or having the oven or stove on for long periods of time in the middle of August. That’s why I am a big fan of marinated salads. They are vinegar-based, which means low food-borne…
Oat Bran Banana Muffins
Seriously, who doesn’t love a good muffin? The soft interior, a delicious crusty top, the endless varieties/flavors/mix-ins/etc. They are truly the star on any breakfast, brunch, or snack/teatime table… hence my enduring love for the muffin. But what I don’t love about muffins is that sometimes they end up being more cupcake than muffin. Don’t…
French Potato Salad
We are officially five days away until the official start of summer, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been jumping the gun a little and pretending that it’s actually summer/making all our favorite cook-out foods! Memorial Day is the official start of the summer anyway, right? What I love about summertime eating is that it’s…